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Log of oil consumption for car 3 CM 87, tracking mileage and oil added over a three-month period.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 144\3\  scan0309
Date  9th August 1938
  
CX. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}

Re: 3 CM 87 - Oil Consumption.
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The sump of the above car was full at the speedo reading of 5712.

6025 1 qrt.
7020 1 qrt.
8215 1 qrt.
8686 1 qrt.
9039 1 qrt.
9260 1 qrt.
9458 1 qrt.
9669 1 qrt.
10700 1 qrt.

Taken over a period of 3 months.

Miles for period - 4988 to 9 quarts of oil - 2216 m.p.g.

RC. {R. Childs} ✓

[Postmark stamp: POST 10 AUG Recd]
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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